The monarchs name is danaus plexippus order- lepidoptera superfamily- papilionoidea family- nymphalidae You have one that looks like a cabbage butterfly. Last...
Not sure whether anyone would be able to help me but I've been trawling the internet for information and am really getting nowhere! On the 23rd of February, it...
http://www.virginiacheeseman.co.uk/ that where i got my deathheads from a care sheet can be found on the site, but there are not solitary they really prefer to...
Hi, In indonesia then u might wanna try danaus genutia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_genutia instead of plexipus... which is a N.America species Raking...
Unfortunately I've not currently got any ID guides on hoverflies (which is what I think this is). http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hover.jpg
Anyone...
Not sure what it is but have seen something that looked alot like that here in south Texas bored into dead fire wood this winter when I was splitting logs. It...
Hi David, I think the most likely candidate is one of the Syrphus species - there are several pictures available via google e.g.see the third and fourth rows...
For Forum members in London there is a series of public lectures sponsored by the Royal Entomological Society every Wednesday during February at Queen Mary...
Hi everyone. My name is Carol and I have been a member for a little while now. I wanted to let you know that I have opened a new group in hopes that everyone...
Hi, im a struggling dipterist/coleopterists, looking to buy my first stereo, can anyone tell me what features i need to look for, i tried asking the Mircosopy...
Hi Andy, The microscopy groups are often a bit like car enthusiasts. More interested in the items than actually using them! Bet they said "get a Wild?" Your...
Thank you very much There current comment are along the lines of "mircoscopes are the be all and end all, spend all your money, and sell your family" "you just...
... Yeah, like I said - car enthusiasts! ... They publish in MicScape, but a lot of them also have interests for which they actually use microscopes and...
hi thanks again for the advice, im going to ask my lecturer if i can checout the scpes in the lab(s) althought from what i can remeber they look a little ...
A beetle which I found last night in Perivale Wood (TQ 18 - Middx [VC21]) on a dead elm trunk which had been painted with 'sugar' (whether that has anything...
hi, i just keyed it as best as i could with a key at the library,and it said Perileptus areolatus, as i said im no expert, but that is a carabid, some one else...
Hi Everyone. I caught 25 Ant Lion Larve today and am trying to view them on my web cam. If any of you want to watch them make thier funnel trap you can view my...
Comments on another list have got it down to a Bembidion species and given me some pointers for further determination - but I suspect I will end of sending...
Have any of you guys ever seen the Fire Fly Imposter? I have not but some one told me about them. They know the secret code of a certain fire flies biolum. So...
the best list i would say to ask its the british ilse beetle list from www.coleopterist.org.uk ... the best list i would say to ask its the british ilse beetle...
I was watching my Ant Lions feed and one ant was stuck in a funnel trap and was haveing a hard time trying to excape. Well the Ant Lion caught the ant and...
... That is an amazing bit of observation on behavior. More reason not to step on ants. js -- PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm Astronomy, Beer,...
It's definitely a carabid. I'm pretty sure it's Bembidion harpaloides (Serville). The most diagnostic character of Bembidion is the rudimentary terminal ...
Hai, ] Carol, iam Prasad from India.Have you uploaded the pictures of Ant lion? When Ant lion are kept under captivity you can observe many more intersiting...
Hi my daughter has been getting what appears to be a lot of bites on her arms and legs. We thought it was probably bed bugs but after searching we came up with...